I think rather than flash cards, I'd like to see a little laminated alphabet chart, to facilitate singing the ABC song. Also, I think this packet should include the following:
a box of 16 high-quality crayons a 5x7 pad of blank white paper a couple of already sharpened pencils a small, laminated number line that goes to 20 and maybe a pattern blocks shape-tracing template :-) Renee On Apr 18, 2008, at 5:01 AM, KENNETH SMITH wrote: > I think a welcome packet would be a great idea. A book from A-Z might > be a good idea so that parents can be prepared for what will be > expected of their kids. It seems like I remember an A-Z book called > "Getting Ready for School", but I'm not sure of the level. I think > sight words might be a bit much, but maybe instead you could do > something with the alphabet. You might be able to find a file folder > game or an activity off of the FCRR website to produce, giving them a > set of alphabet flashcards to manipulate. You could produce upper and > lower case letters, some pictures with Elkonin boxes under, maybe > filled-in, except for beginning sound - you might be able to find > worksheets that can be laminated and then include a dry erase marker. > I would also suggest a sentence strip (or name plate) with the child's > name (first and last) - this, too, could be laminated for the child to > practice. If you did want to do something with sight words, there is a > great sight with a complete Dolch kit that can be downloaded. It's > called theschoolbell.com. There are flashcards, a practice book, > games, and phrase lists. I would think this would be a better welcome > to first grade item, though. > > I would suggest teaching the parents about the 5 components of > reading, and then focusing them on the phonemic awareness area and > giving them ideas of how to work with sounds with their kids. Again, > the FCRR website has lots of info you could use. > > Hope that helps. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Heather Wall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 6:24:30 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago > Subject: [MOSAIC] Kindergarten preparation > > Does anyone do a "Kindergarten Welcome Packet" type of thing for their > entering Kindergarteners in the Spring? Our superintendent is thinking > of starting this - sort of a "Welcome to K" packet of possibly a book > and/or sight words and/or parent tips - that would be for the kids > we've registered to begin K in the fall. We'd try to get it to them > before summer starts. > I'm thinking perhaps we could get a free sample level A book from > readinga-z.com (everything has to be very cheap to do it county-wide), > and possibly some parent tips from readingrockets.com I'm not sure > about the sight words. What do you think? Should a pre-K student be > studying sight words? We're a rural, high ESL population in general, > with pockets of middle class families. Any ideas you have that can > help, or if you've done something like this before, would be greatly > appreciated! > Heather Wall/ Instructional Coach/ Georgia > "The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen." ~ Frank Lloyd Wright _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
